As a Man Grows Older (Masterplots II: World Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Aron Hector Schmitz
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Work: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1890’s
- Setting: Trieste, Austria
- Principal Characters: Emilio Brentani, Stefano Balli, Amalia, Angiolina Zarri, Margherita, Elena Chierici
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Authors or writers, Nineteenth century, Antiheroes, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Austria or Austrians
- Locales: Trieste, Austria
The Novel
Emilio Brentani is a man of thirty-five, a clerk in an insurance office, who lives in a drab apartment with his sister Amalia; he has literary pretensions and has published a novel which has had at least local success. He has fallen in love with a lower-class girl, Angiolina Zarri, who is remarkable for her blonde beauty and vibrant good health; she seems inclined to accept his attentions, though he is frank about his inability, or unwillingness, to marry. He begins to go for walks with her, during which she is affectionate enough, but already there are hints...
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